I do think it's likely that Colorado knows they won out on a bigger UFA as they do have a ton of cap space. But Colorado also hasn't been a cap-ceiling team. I don't know enough about their situation, maybe they do have the go-ahead to go to the cap, but if they are looking to spend in that 65-70M that they seem to have been spending to recently then this move could also be just to accommodate that.
40M as is in cap right now. A 1b type goalie to play with Grubauer and of course re-signing Rantanen and they're probably already at 50M+. Then they still need about 7 forwards signed and Zadarov. Not all seven forwards are minimum wage either, Kerfoot, Andrighetto and Compher will make a bit. So that's going to bring them to around 65M without getting a prize-UFA.
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